Vizrt has announced Viz One 8, an update to its Enterprise Media Asset Management system with a rebuilt containerized architecture backend, as the company has claimed in a statement.

Through “containerization”, Viz One becomes a collection of small “containers” rather than one big system. The objective of it is that each container is responsible for its specific service and can function, scale, self-heal, and be updated independently. This is looking forward to making the platform more flexible, scalable, resilient, and upgradable for workflows.

Additionally, a containerized architecture is designed to provide IT choice and flexibility by deploying in an on-premises, cloud, or hybrid technology stack, simplifying integrations across different technology environments, and making MAM workflows more adaptable to diverse operational needs.

“We have a goal of upgrading our existing Viz One installation to make use of newer search and hybrid cloud technologies to improve how we serve content to our partners and the public. We’re excited to see what Viz One 8 can do for us”, says Phillip Maher, Head of IT and Development, NISV.

Reducing downtime, complexity, and additional costs, Viz One 8 wants to make MAM more adaptable and efficient to better meet the asset management and archiving needs. “As a 24/7 broadcaster, upgrading our MAM system has always been one of the biggest challenges. What we look forward to most with Viz One 8 is the possibility to upgrade more often, easily, and safely,” explains Florian Schimak, IT Project Manager, ORF.

“This eagerly-anticipated release takes the MAM system our customers trust and rely on for their mission-critical operations to the next level – offering big gains in performance, reliability, upgradability, and a quicker and easier route to adopting cloud compute resources into their media asset management eco-system”, concludes James Scott, Engineering & Platform Manager, MAM Professional Services, Vizrt.